búra

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See also: bura and bură

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the bur- stem of burít (“to cover”), the dialectal variant of borít (“to cover”). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. For similar derivations, see csusza, inga, and -a (obsolete participle suffix).

Alternative forms

  • bura (superseded spelling used before 2015)

Noun

búra (plural búrák)

  1. dome-shaped covering; usually transparent or translucent
    1. (glass) lampshade
    2. hood hair dryer
  2. (slang) head
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative búra búrák
accusative búrát búrákat
dative búrának búráknak
instrumental búrával búrákkal
causal-final búráért búrákért
translative búrává búrákká
terminative búráig búrákig
essive-formal búraként búrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive búrában búrákban
superessive búrán búrákon
adessive búránál búráknál
illative búrába búrákba
sublative búrára búrákra
allative búrához búrákhoz
elative búrából búrákból
delative búráról búrákról
ablative búrától búráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		búráé búráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		búráéi búrákéi
Possessive forms of búra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. búrám búráim
2nd person sing. búrád búráid
3rd person sing. búrája búrái
1st person plural búránk búráink
2nd person plural búrátok búráitok
3rd person plural búrájuk búráik

Etymology 2

bú +‎ -ra

Noun

búra

  1. sublative singular of bú

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi István: Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár. Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis. .

Further reading

(the headwords in both dictionaries reflect the pre-2015 spelling)

  • bura in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bura in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

búra

  1. indefinite genitive plural of búr
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